Marker for pavements



. April 5, 1927.

F. M. BALSLEY MARKER FOR PAVEMENTS Filed 001:. 9, 1922 INVENTOR. 6210a ,zzw,

BY J) ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 5, 1927.

v lT-E stares v raw? ATE FREDERICK M. seminar, on MADISON, WISCONSIN.

MARKER FOR 1?AVEME1\TTS.

Application filed October 9, 1922. seri 'inb. 593,465.

This invention relates to. a device for marking pavements. I I It is a primary ob ect of this invention to produce a practical mechanism for apply out upon said surface. It is also my object to provide means for permitting the machine tobe used readily on curves and to be turned around when desired- I It is a further object of this invention to provide a machine having acentralized control; to provide means for cleaning the pavement in advance of the marking roller may be used upon either side of the deviceto apply to the sub frame 17 a portion of the weight carried'by the main frame and thereto provide a marking roller of peculiar construction particularlyadapted for this service; and to provide means for. supplyingmarking fluid in a manner adapted to cooperatewith a marking wheel to distributethe fluid effectively and in a line upon the pavement. I .In the drawings; I

Fig. 1 is 'a plan view ofa, pavement mark-q ing device embodying this invention.

Fig. Q'is a side elevation of the same. Fig.3 is a detail section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2. i v Q .FigZ-t isa detail section. taken on line H of Fig. 2.

Like parts arei'dentified by the samereference characters throughout the several views. I I

In appearance,.tlie present embodiment of this invention resembles a-wheelbarrowpto some extent. Converging frame members 5 and. 6 are provided with handles 7. at their outer and upper ends and are provided at, their lower and inner ends with 3ournals '8 adapted to receive the axleshaft9 of the marking wheel 10 and adapted to support,

said frame members. I This Wheel can conveniently be'built up of several laminations of vvood, as shown more particularly in- Fig. 3.

he device differs from :a wheelbarrow; I however, 'in that small supporting wheels 12 arepreferably provided. 'These may" conveniently be disposed at thellower extremi ties of vertical frame members13. A platform 14: is supported as illustrated by means at some distance to the rear ofthe forward ends of said members by pivot bolts 20'. A

lead wheel2l which is preferably leather "r enterv faced at 22 is journaled for rotation at the r forward end of subj-frame 17. The lead wheel 1s positively, although resiliently, urged in the direction of the pavement by a spring 24: confined between a bracket 25 carried by the main frame member 5 and a nut 26 upon the fitting. 27 carried by the sub frame member 18. A- similar arrangement by to maintain the lead wheel 21 in positive a contact with the pavement. I

I and immediately ahead of marking wheel 10, there is preferably provided a pavement cleaning-brush-30, the handle 31- of which be utilized to draw the brush forwardly about its pivot upon'transverse member 32 and thereby bring-it the more effectively into contact with the road surface.

Adjacent the transverse member .32 or otherwise connected to sub frame '17, I preferablyprovide a cord 34: which runs over a pulley 35 supported from the main frame or from the platform thereon ,to a hand lever 86. When this lever. is pulled rearwardly about itspivotpoint- 37 until the cord passes across the center represented by point 87, lever 36 will come to rest and will be Upon. the platform 14:, I provide. a recep I tacle or tank 40. which may besecured, theremaintained in position by a stop 88 which will'resist the pull upon cord 34, tending to rotate lever 36 further in the same direction. The operation of lever 36 to the position cover 42 the markingfinid .to be appliec '5 l l to by bolts 41 or by any othercapproved wardly; Fluid delivery through said pipe is controlled by a valve therein. The'handle 4-4 of said valve is represented clearly in Fig. I and-is shown to be normally retained" infthe positionin which it is iillustrated in said figure bya spring 45. The V-alve may conveniently be opened, however, by means and linkAS. "means oi? the pull'rod e6, 'fluid" will flowthrough pipe 6L3 and will be d elivered in the" form of aian shaped jet throngh the ot-aq-m ll rod L6 extending t'oa positioirivithin. the grasp of the operator and connected with handle l-l .tl'irou'gh the bell-i crank l'l hen the valve is opened by flar- The flaring' en'd' of the pipe illustrated at 48:- is-dow wardly curved as clearly shownin Fig. '2 and extendsinto close prox imity to the peculiar marking pad "upon the ma'rkingwheel 10; This marking pad may be-lposit'ioned upomhe wheel in any desired nianner.' In the "present ei'nbodiment of my invention, I have illustrated'a fiang'e'dahn- .iniirki'ng l pad recf'eivable Within said rim preferably comprises a porous outer' surjt'ace' O o'fsomematerial of; considerable strength adapted, to stand the Weanoc'ca'sioned by its I operation Q over (road surfaces. Ii desired,

the material 50 maycomprise canvas fabric and it may conveniently bejform'ed in a tube, as shown in l/Yith'in the t'ube; E -prefer to use soiiieabsorbent and resiliently compressible material, suclr forf example, -as felt. "Burlap andv'other inateri als inay-"also' beused, if desired; It is my object to proviaemr absorbentpad adapted-to receive and retain the marking fluid and to protect such.pad from wear by coveri ngrit as with the canvas tube shown at50 in jhg, The-- absorbent material illustrated in 3 i 7 infthe form or a plurality of layers 5110f 3 'tive of how it is constructed. 1 i

"poser The chalk- '-line will serve' a's a guidem p V p v c Therea'"ter with the tank 40 full of mark The device of my invention isoperated as follows. T-he periphery'bf the marking wheel'isreterredito herein as-atire irrespec- I 'The highway-ispreferably marked withv a center line'by means]of'a'chalk line or other well known expedient for this pin for the mecl'ianism abovedeseribed which is adapted to, put a permanent mark upo'n thepavement. i i

ing; iiui'd- (which n'lay comprise any one-0f length.

a number or we'llknownderivatives oftarf the mechamsm 1's positioned at" the begln- Jning "of the stretch of pavement to be marked; The leather lead wheel. 21 is so positioned as to be clearly within the view .oththefloperator who sofldirectst-he mech anism. that the \leadvwheel. will conform to the "chalk line previously marked upon the wheel any foreign matter which might otherwise receive the marking fluid intended for the pavement. I

, sweeps from the path of the marking When the device 1s set in motion, the pull throughthe flaring end 48 of pipe 43 to the marking wheel will become entirely saturated with the marking fluid; The felt packing 51 within" the *padserves to store and retain the fluid and topdeliver it back through the canvas'covering; 50 when the weight of the device presses the marking pad into conj rod 46 is pul'led rearwardly by the operator and-positioned by'engagement} witha. pin or 'plate153'of any one of'a plurality of notches 54;cut-in the under side of the pull me. The handle 44 is thereby. actuated: against the tension of spring-45 to. an open 'or 'par'tially open position whereupon. the c- 49 1 1 h? fll p fy f t fluid stored arr-"tankedwill be delivered upper' surfiace 0f-thepad upon marking tact With the pavemnt. Ob,viously, the cov-f.

' ering 50 protects trom otherwise detrimental wear thezsoit felt or other absorbent mate- -rial vvhich retains the marking fluid;

v -Ihus, during the forward operation of the device the liquid flowing upon the top of the marking wheel is brought by the rotation of the-wheel to the pavement and is applied thereto to PI'lIlt upon the pavement a line or lm'arklng conforming" in width to the pad i upon the marking wheeland of any desired" lVhena curve in the highway is encoun- 'tered orvvhen 1t 1s desired t'o turn the machine -around,lthe handle 36 fwill be drawn" 'reaiwardly and across-center whereupon-it will be=brought to rest by stop 38. The sub 'frame l7-will thus be elevated and will lift from the pav'einent the lead or guide wheel 21 and the brush 30, WVhen'the curve has been rounded and substantially straight higliwayf is again encountered, a reverse movement-of handle 36wvill5permitthe lead wheel 21 and i so i brush 30 to drop aga in upon the pavement.

l/Vhen the marking operation is Complete, the pull rod 46 will be lifted slightly to release notches 54 from engagement with pin 53 whereupon the tension of spring 45 will close the valve by rotating. handle 4a to the position in which it appearsin Fig. 1;

It will be seen from the-foregoing that the objects specified for this invention are fully satisfied by the device herein disclosed.

Various changes may be made, however, without departing from the spirit of my invention. For example, I do not wish to be limited to any particular kind of marking fluid, and obviously paint may be used, if

desired, instead of :a'coal tar derivative. It

has been my experience, however, that paint will not satisfactorily adhere to the pavement and, for this reason, the coal tar derivative is preferred. 2r 1 The marking wheel may also be changed in structure without departing from. the

.spirit or purpose of my invention. The wheel has been described as beingprovlded with'a peripheral absorbent pad. for apply ing the marking fluid to the pavement, but it will be understood that the principle of applying the marking fluid by the rotation of a wheel rolling upon the paved surface 1s more important than the particular construction of wheel which is used to accomplish the desired result.

lVhile theforegoing description has related solely to a manually propelled embodiment of this invention, I wish'to make it clear that in a broad sense, it is immaterial to my invention whether the marking wheel be manually propelled or whether it be driven by or attached to or drawn from some other vehicle, such as a horse drawn vehicle, or a self-propelled vehicle, such as a motor truck.

I claim:

1. A pavement marking device including a frame, a marking wheel supporting said vertically relative to said frame,

marking fluid to the periphery of one of said wheels.

3. A pavement marking device including a mainframe, a marking wheel journaled therein and adapted tocontribute to. the support of said frame, a sub-frame pivotally connected to the main frame about a transthe 7 sub frame,

verse axis for independent relative-:move-j I ment with "respect to asupporting surface, a

second wheel journaled in isaid sub-frame substantially in tandem i with said first mentioned. wheel, a spring acting between said frames thereby to urge said second wheel into .contact wlth a surface traversed thereby, and means for delivering .a mark 1 ing fluid tosaid. first mentioned wheel. 4. A pavement markingdevlce including a main frame, a marking wheel :journaled therein and adapted to support oneend of said frame, a sub frame pivotally secured to the main frame and extending in advance thereof, a lead wheel faced with a substance adapted to adhere to the highway, said lead wheel being. frame in tandem with said marking Wheel, and means. for resilientlytransferring to said sub frame a portion of the weight of journaled in the sub said frame, whereby said" lead wheel is pressed into contact with traversed thereby. a i

.5. A pavement marking deviceinoluding a main frame, a marking V therein, a sub framev pivotally'seoured to :the

wheel journaled I a surface main frame and resiliently urged about its pivot in the direction of the pavement, a

guide wheel journaled in said sub frame and.

pressed therewith against the surface of the pavement, and means under the control of an operator for lifting said guiding wheel from the pavement. I

6. A pavement marking device including a main frame provided with rearwardly projecting handles, a. marking-wheel journaled therein, a sub frame pivotally connected to, the main frame, a guide wheel journaled in ferring from the main frame a portion of means for resiliently trans-- the weight thereof to said guide wheel 3 through the sub frame, and a brush carried by said sub frame between the guide wheel and the marking wheel and adapted to contact with the pavement surface traversed by the device.

7 A pavement marking device including a main frame provided with guiding handles at the rear, a marking wheel journaled in said main frame, a sub frame disposedforwardly of the main frame, a lead wheel journaled' in said sub frame,

a brush pivotally supported from said sub frame and adapted in one position to contactwith the surface of a road traversed by the device, and means for resiliently'urging said brush toward said position.

8. A pavement marking device including a main frame provided with guiding handles at the rear, a marking wheel journaled in said main frame, a sub frame disposed forwardly of the main frame, 'a lead wheel journaled in said sub frame, a brush pivotally supported from said sub frame and adapted in one position to contact with the surfacefof 2a roadtraversed by the device,

\ guiding handles formlitting said sub. .frame,'

means for resiliently urging said brush: towandljsald posltion; and. means ad 'acent.isa1d lead Wheel and brush out of: operative positionsf v 9; ApaVement. markingndevlceiincluding first and SGCOIld'TfI'ELlIlGS in urelativepivotal connection, roadsvvheels operatively' mounted n-each of sa1g1.;frames and contributing in part ,to the support of their. respective frames, additional wheels operativelyf con:

i ne'cted with said first frame, and contributing to 'thelsupport thereof 1n posltlons to 1113111? tam said; first frame in equilibrium; said sec ondframe being provided a. with support through its pivotal; connectionlwitln the first frame as Well as through'its roadwheel, a re iceptacle' for marking fluid omountedoupon one of saldzfraines, andlmeans commumcat:

j ing With said receptacle and arranged; to, di-

rect said marking fluid :upon one vofzisaid I "first mentioned road Wheels;

i -10 -Aspavement marking device including a .markingfvvheel, 1 means, i'or propelling said Wheel, an absorbent padperipherally disposed I the supply of fluid .to the WllQQlfl adapted-to. penetrate said porous protecting v means to reach'saidpad;

11.7 A marking devlce including a eframe, a marking heel ournaled for; rotation upon a pavement or surfacetto be markedyatire comprising. an absorbent'pad sheathed in" fabric and. disposed about theperiphery of said Wheel means above said Wheel for sup plying a marking flHlCl'tO its periphery during its rotation, and means for controlling 12. In. a device of the character a markingwheel con'iprisingva peripherally flanged wheel and a tire positioned by said flange and comprlsing an absorbent subg stance sheathed in fabric.

In a device ofth'e character described I a. marking Wheelprovided Wlllll a fiangett periphery and a peripheral felt pad positioned: by said flange and provided with a canvas sheath. I

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